Awning.



e. ROSS AWNING.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1910.

984,027. Patented Feb. 14,1911.

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GEORGE ROSS, or new roan, N. Y.

AWNING.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, GEORGE Ross, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Port Richmond, borough of Richmond, city and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements .inAwnings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improvement in awnings, but moreparticularly to a headrod by which means awnings can be readily securedto or detached from a support there for, that is to say, the upper endor head of the awning.

It is usual, when hanging awnings, to secure the head, or upper end, ofthe awning to the support therefor by means of screweyes or hooks whichare passed through rings carried by the upper end or head of the awning.In order to detach the head of the awning from the support, it isnecessary to remove the said hooks or screw-eyes from the support, suchwork being performed by one skilled in the hanging of awnings.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a device by which meansanyone may hang an awnin A further object of my invention is to adaptthe head of the awning to bear against the support therefor throughoutits length, whereby the leakage of rain-water, between the head of theawning and the support, will be, to a large extent, prevented.

I will now proceed to describe my invention in detail, the novelfeatures of which I will finally claim, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, forming part hereof, wherein:

Figure 1 illustrates a front view of a portion of a window and an awningtherefor, provided with my improved head-rod; Fig. 2 is an enlargedvertical sectional view of the awning as illustrated in Fig. 1, thesection being taken on a line aa in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlargedvertical sectional View of the head of the awning the section beingtaken on a line bb in Fig. 1; Fig. i is an enlarged fragmentaryperspective view of one end of my improved head-rod; and Fig. 5 is a topplan view, on a reduced scale, of my improved head-rod.

Referring to the drawing 1 indicates an awning, of the usual variety,pivotally secured to a support 2, in this instance, a window sill, as at3, the head 1 of the awning Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 14, 1910.

Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

Serial No. 581,933.

being secured to the said support 2 by screweyes or staples 5.

Ply referring particularly to Fig. 3, it will. be seen that the head 4of the hwning formed into a loop 6, the said loop containing my improvedhead-rod 7, which 1 preferably make out of metal, such as galvanizedsheet iron. To render the head-rod 7 strong, but light in weight, I makeit triangular in shape, as shown. The member 8 of the rod 7 is set toapproximately aline with the hood of the awning, as shown.

By referring to Fig. at, which illustrates one end of the head-rod, itwill be seen that the member 8 is provided with an opening or slot 9,and adjacent the opposite end of the said member 8, a similar opening isprovided (see Fig. 5), the adjacent portion of the loop 6 being providedwith openings 9 (see Fig. 1), which aline with the openings 9. In thebase-member 10 of the head-rod 7 I provide slots 11, one opposite eachopen ing 9. The slots 11 are provided fort-he purpose of permitting thehead of the awn ing, at the rear thereof, to contact with the support 2,the said slots being adapted to receive the pulley-blocks 18, as shownin Fig. 3, one only being shown.

By referring to Figs. 2 and 3, it will be seen that the pulley-blocks 13are supported by the screw-eyes or staples 5. To allow for the passageof the base-portion 14 of the head 1 over the screw-eves 5 andpulley-blocks 13, I provide the rear-member 12 and the base-portion 14of the loop 6 with communicating openings 15 and 16, the said openingsbeing in alinement with the slots 9 and 11. It will be obvious that thehead 4 of the awning is held in position against the support 2 by theeye or head 16 of the screw-eyes or staples 5, the said screw-eyes orstaples bein screwed into the support 2. When positioned to hold thehead of the awning, the heads 16 of the staples 5 will be in a verticalposition as shown, in which position the saidheads will bear against thehead of the awning. Should I desire to remove the awning from thesupport, I rotate the staples until the heads thereof assume ahorizontal position or aline with the openings 9 and slots 9 (see dottedlines Fig. 1). Having performed the above-named operation the head ofthe awning may be pulled bodily away from the support 2 and staples 5.The other connection between the awning and support may now be removed.To hang the awning upon the support, the head 4 1s slid over the staples5 until the rear thereof contacts with the support. The staples 5 arethen rotated to the position shown. After having secured the head inposition the other connection may be made. It will be quite apparentthat, with the aid of my improved head-rod, the heads of awnings may becaused to snugly contact the support therefor and also that awnings maybe very readily secured to or detached from their supporting element. Itwill also be obvious that the securing devices, for the head of anawning, do not have to be removed from the support.

By means of my improved head-rod, the head of an awning is made rigidthroughout its length, and should the awning be wider, than the supporttherefor, the headrod will support the overlapping upper ends of theawning.

As far as I am aware, there is no provision, in the present method ofhanging awnings, the supporting the said awning at the extreme upperend, when said ends overlap the support for the head of the awning. Forthat reason awnings have to be made the proper width, otherwise the saidupper ends would sag.

My improved head-rod not only renders the head of an awning rigidthroughout its length, but also constitutes a locking-rod, or element,adapted to cooperate with the securing devices on the awning support tosecure the head of the awning in position.

Having now described my invention what I claim and desire -to secure byLetters Patent is 1. In combination with an awning, a

head-rod consisting of an angular structure, one member of saidstructure being provided with openings, the other member of saidstructure being provided with slots in alinement with said openings.

2. An awning having a looped head, a head-rod within said loop, saidloop and said rod being provided with openings in alinement one with theother, and securing means adapted to pass through said openings.

An awning having a looped-head, a head-rod within said loop, said rodbeing of a triangular formation, the base-portion of said structurebeing provided with slots, the other member of said structure beingprovided with openings in alinement with said jaws, said looped-headbeing provided with openings in alinement with the openings in said rod,and securing means adapted to pass through said openings.

4. An awning provided with a loop arod within said loop, said loop andsaid rod being provided with elongated openings in alinement one withthe other, and rotatable securing staples adapted to pass through saidopenings.

5. An awning having a rod at the head thereof, said rod being equal inlength to the width of said awning, said rod being provided withopenings, and securing means adapted to pass through said openings, saidsecuring means being adapted to force said rod against a supporttherefor.

Signed at New York city, N. Y. this 12th day of September 1910.

GEO. ROSS.

itnesses JosnPH J. MANNING, HERBERT FURBSHAW.

